Schillerhaus (Leipzig)

He worked here on the 2nd act of Don Carlos, edited the Fiesco and wrote the first version of the poem "An die Freude", which he later completed in Dresden.

The building was built in 1717 as a single-storey main house (residential stable) of a small-scale three-sided farm in the former village of Gohlis from clay using corrugated construction.

During his time in Leipzig, Schiller worked on the second act of Don Carlos, edited Fiesco and wrote the first version of the poem An die Freude.

In 1841, on the initiative of Robert Blum, Leipzig theater secretary and one of the pioneers of the German Revolution of 1848/49, the Schillerhaus was rediscovered as Schiller's place of work, after which a memorial was set up.

It was inaugurated on 11 November 1841 with the solemn unveiling of the newly built honor gate with the memorial plaque "This is where Schiller lived and wrote the song to joy in 1785".

In 1856 the house was threatened with demolition and auction, whereupon the Schillerverein acquired the building for 2150 thalers through donations and the financial commitment of a board member.